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W. R. CLARK.

Fruit Driel.

No. 97,168. Patented Nov. 23, 1869 lull,

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liiwl tats WILLIAM R.. CLARK', OF INDIANOLA," ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No.'97,168, dated Ncccmbcr 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

-v-(mm To all whom ztnay conce/rn Be it known that I, WILLIAM lt. CLARK, of In diuanola, iu the county ot' Vermilion, and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements lin Fruit-- Driers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, aud'exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, iu which- Figure l is a perspective view of my iniprovcd device, showing the pipe througlrwhich steam is' admitted, and the waterot' coudeusat-ion` discharged, and the doors for closing the apertures vthrough which the fruit is passed into and out of the drier.

Figure2 is a transversevertical section on line .t :c of iig. 1,sl1owingthe steam-chambers, and the pans i in which the frult is placed, in position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of' the doors.

Corresponding letters refer to. corresponding parts in the severa-l iigures.

, This invention relate vto that cla-ss of devices in which fruit is dried. by icing placed lindians, or on shelves, and passed between the walls of the device, which walls are made with a steamsspace in them, for the purpose ofheating the same; and

It consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts of which it is composed, as will be more fully described hereinafter.`

A A, in the drawings, represent the case or walls of the drier, which consist oi' two plates, of metal or other suitablematerial, having between them a space of, say, one .to thrcc inches, for steam or heated air to pass, for the purpose of heating and drying the fruit. These spaces extend entirely around the device, upon the top and bottom, as well as the sides and ends.V

B represents doors, which close the apertures through which the pans containing the fruit to bc dricdvare inserted.

C G represent a series of horizontal partitions, which are provided with steam-spaces through them, from one side to the other... lhese partitions are so arranged, with reference to cach other-,that space is left between them for two pans ot' fruit or other material to be dried, which 'tu-rangement causes the heat to radiate upon the top and bottom of each series otipans, as well as upon their ends and sides, from the vertical spaces in the case.

D represents apipc, which cr-nnmunicates with the spaces between the walls ot' the case, and serves as theiinluctiou-pipc for thel heated air, when it is used as the medium for conveyiugheat to the drier,.and for the induction-pipe for steam, when it is used, as well as for the exit-pipe for the water of condensation. The steam or air may be conducted lo this pipe from the generator or furnace by means of any suitable pipe, which pipe may be made of any suitable iiexible material, when it is desirable to have -the drier portable. l

` the side of the drier.

E E represent a series of pans, in which the fruit or .othermaterial to be drij'd is to beplaced, such pans being notched or serratedlpon their edges, to permit them'oisture which escapes from the fruit to'pass ofi' freely.

The lower one of the series ot' thcsc pans or drawers rests upon the. upper surface of the horizontal partition, and receives its heat direct from such surface, while thc upper one rests upon angle-irons secured to the sides of ,the vertical walls of the device, and receive their heat, or a portion of' it, iiom the next horizontal lmrtition.

lt Vwill be observed that there are two doors lupon These doors n'lay, if desired, be duplicated, the others being upon the opposite side, so that the pans or drawers may be inserted int-o or re.- moved from either side of the device.

Between the series of pans, there is to be formed a vertical partition, which may be provided with a space, for the passage of air or steam, or it may be .made solid, as preferred, its oice being todivide the drier, vertically, into two compartments, each one ot' which shall be covered by a separate door, so that one of the compartments may be emptied of its contents, and refilled, while the drying-process is going on inthe other, and thus a great economy of ,heat he 'eiiected, as it is apparent that the closed compartment would have its temperatl'u'e only slightly affected by the opening of Vthe doors of Athe opposite one.

I am aware that iiuitdriers have heretofore been made with hollow walls, and that they have been snpplied with pans or drawers, for the reception ofthe material to be dried. I do not, theretbre, claim these devices broadl '5 but having thus described my invention, p

llt/'hatl I- claim, and. desire to secure r by Letters Patent, is`

'1A fruit-drier, combining, mits construction, a receptacleibr the fruit, the walls of which have formed within them steam-spaces, said receptacle heilig also provided with horizontal and vertical partitions, having steam-spaces within them, the vertical ones being for the purpose ci' dividing vthe receptacle into two compartn'lents, and a steam-induction pipe, arranged, as described, so as to serve as an induction-pipe for the steam, and an eduction-pipe for the water of condensation, substantially as and for the purpose set. forth.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence oi' two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM 1i. CLARK.

Witnesses:

L. C. Room-nim, WILLIAM MCMILLAN. 

